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  1. F-111B survives: More effective USN carrier aviation

    Allowing the pilot to watch the deck rise up and swat him from the sky as his underpowered, poor manuverabilty, overweight aircraft failed to respond in time to the LSO wave-off. Yea, that would have been a LOT better.
  2. The timeline of God

    Based on the posts we get from Iceland, the place MUST have the best dope on the Planet. Hmmm... BRB I need to get on Expedia and book a short vacation. :D:p:D:p
  3. F-111B survives: More effective USN carrier aviation

    Vice Admiral Thomas Connolly, DCNO for Air Warfare in testimony before Congress. That about covers it.
  4. AH challenge- design a bomber of equal longevity to the B-52

    McNamara was a buffoon. If the DCNO for Aviation hadn't gone before Congress and sacrificed his career to prevent it, he would have forced the Fleet to buy FB-111 as FIGHTERS. The number of asinine decisions the man made would fill a book. My working theory has long been that he was actually a...
  5. AH challenge- design a bomber of equal longevity to the B-52

    It was dark day for SAR when the Sandy was allowed to fade away. A perfect aircraft for the SAR cover role. It would have taken some work to update the avionics to handle modern PGM, but it would have been worth it. A case for the A-26 is the SAR role could also be made. Sweet old bird. As...
  6. 1944: Allied second front in Jutland Denmark?

    Didn't we beat this to death about a year back with 98% of the postings stating the tactical impossibility of the operation?
  7. AH challange: carrier vs carrier engagement post 1974

    Simple. Falklands. Vientecinco De Mayo vs. RN Argie gets sunk by a SSN.
  8. The Invasion of North Vietnam, 1970

    The thought that an American invasion of the North would go nuclear is beyond ludicrous. There is NO WAY the Soviets allow themselves to be wiped out over a brush war. Unlike you, the Soviets understood that these little wars were more or less tests of resolve set up by both sides to see if the...
  9. 1992 LA Riots: Worse Case Scenario

    Uh... Hate to mess up the party, but you HAD the worst case. The violence wasn't going to get any worse. The UNITED STATES MARINES, active duty forces, mind you, were brought in and replaced the LAPD in the intersections where the unrest was occurring. Things calmed down damned quick once the...
  10. WWII with Centurions & Pershings in comparable nos. to Shermans & Cromwells

    Most anything would have made more sense than the light tanks. The M3/5 was a remarkable waste of resources once the Sherman got well established. Outside of a small number for Marine units they had almost no combat value (for that matter the M-24 wasn't much of a value either). Both light...
  11. AH Challenge: Skypirates!

    You need a way to delay the start of the Pacific War but still show the need for large carriers. IOTL the Navy didn't make the decision to go with single seat attack planes until 1943. That means you have to get the aircraft ordered and well into testing before the AM or the A-1, which were much...
  12. WWII with Centurions & Pershings in comparable nos. to Shermans & Cromwells

    While I don't think the M-26 was an answer to any question the Allied had, anything that eliminate the Large Cruiser from the U.S. TOE is a winner in my book. A better use for the TD units would have been adding a platoon to each Sherman company. That way you keep the terrific infantry support...
  13. WWII with Centurions & Pershings in comparable nos. to Shermans & Cromwells

    Even if you knock factories off line in sequence you will have a substantial drop off in production as you take a fully operational production line out of service for several months (even in wartime its going to take at least 2-3 months to reset the lines, retrain the workers, and get sufficient...
  14. WWII with Centurions & Pershings in comparable nos. to Shermans & Cromwells

    Once you get past the issue of the system itself being no where near ready for prime time you have the big problems. 1. When do you stop building Shermans so you can retool (same for the variety of British tanks being manufactured)? At some point in the past, even if you can crank production...
  15. American jets in '44

    If it had been put there by anyone but Kelly, I would dismiss them, but Johnson was a genius at design so I have to at least give it a passing glance.
  16. F6F Bearcat

    According to the Navweps site there is at least one documented occasion where six torpedoes were dropped from between 5,000 & 7,000 feet and five were observed to be running "hot, straight, and normal". Now, you make an attack with 24 TBY (4 torpedoes each) even from 2,700 feet, and you would...
  17. American jets in '44

    I never heard of that before. Interesting. Love the idea of canards on a pre-1940 jet fighter.
  18. F6F Bearcat

    Best (worst?) part of it was that by then the MK 13 torpedo had been improved to the point that it could be dropped at 410 KNOTS (472 MPH)and from has high as 2,700 feet. Only problems was the Navy didn't have anything that fast. :p Any similarity to the pitiful weapon of 1942 was purely...
  19. F6F Bearcat

    Absolutely. The F2A topped out at two 100 pound bombs, while the Wildcat could manage two 250 pounders, and a couple years later 1000 pounds is an "only".:eek: What is REALLY spooky is that by 1944 you had the AM Mauler (which once took off (from a land strip) with THREE torpedoes and better...
  20. French/US Invasion of the british Isles ??

    Not quite correct. The RN, for very good reason, considered the American 44s to be of the same quality as razzered 74s thanks to their remarkably robust hulls and the habit of U.S. captains to carry up to 10 guns over the "rated" value and their issues to frigate captains reflected the same...
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